Group Exhibition ShanghART M50, Shanghai
ShanghART Gallery presents the group exhibition Soft Frequencies at M50 Shanghai from June 5 to July 11. This exhibition features multi-media works by artists Chen Wei, Chen Wencun, Gao Lei, Hu Jieming, Ji Wenyu & Zhu Weibing, Jiang Pengyi, Li Qinyang, Liang Shaoji, Lü Yan, Liang Yue, Liu Yi, Liu Weijian, Su Chang, Shao Yi, Xu He, Xiao Wenjie, Zhou Li and Zhang Wenxin.
Human perception holds diverse possibilities and is never limited to a single receptive mode. Daily observation mostly focuses on obvious and visible subjects, leaving numerous latent states of low amplitude and slow rhythm largely unnoticed. Trivial daily moments, the gradual transformation of materials over decades, and people’s composed inner emotions are all integral parts of the real world. At its core, Soft Frequencies expands the boundaries of perception. It helps audiences cast aside external distractions and engage with the unadorned, unhurried, fluid essence of all things. Depth of perception derives from sustained observation of quiet and subtle existences. Modern lifestyles favour fast, direct and intense sensory input, which gradually diminishes people’s ability to observe patiently and reflect profoundly. Neil Postman’s research on media and perception reveals how such habitual ways of seeing narrow our sensory experience. This exhibition offers an alternative approach to perception, advocating calm, restrained and unforced viewing experiences, and capturing the most primitive and delicate texture of things.
Soft Frequencies reshapes how humans interact with time, aligning with time’s inherent order. In Time and Free Will, French philosopher Henri Bergson put forward the theory of duration, distinguishing mechanical, measured time from authentic lived time. Standardised and divisible time is a man-made tool. By contrast, the time belonging to life and nature is an ongoing, cumulative inner duration. It cannot be divided, frozen or quantified, and remains in constant natural flux. The growth of all living creatures, the aging of materials and the gradual refinement of human senses all follow this gradual temporal rhythm. The concept of time explored in this exhibition marks a return to such primordial order. It breaks away from the accelerated, fragmented and feedback-driven time system of daily life, allowing viewing and perception to move at time’s own gentle pace.
Liang Shaoji’s work Broken Landscape sees intertwined silk threads unfurl slowly at the centre of the gallery. Its subtle shifts of light and shadow, together with unique textures forged by life and the passage of time, present a distinctive visual quality. Liang Yue’s moving images unfold at a leisurely tempo. Jiang Pengyi’s photographic work The Monument to Solitude Bestowed by Desolation-Purity Stained explores the forms of light across time and space. All these works give tangible expression to the nature of temporal duration. Together, the exhibits create a cohesive perceptual field, translating the intangible soft frequency into a visible and immersive on-site experience. As we slow down our pace of viewing, we rebuild a natural connection with objects and time itself.
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